moby v25.0.5 is affected by a Race Condition in…
Priority LOW 30CWE-362Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
moby v25.0.5 is affected by a Race Condition in builder/builder-next/adapters/snapshot/layer.go. The vulnerability could be used to trigger concurrent builds that call the EnsureLayer function resulting in resource leaks/exhaustion.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00626 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/moby/moby (Go): 26.0.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/moby/moby (Go) | before 26.0.0 | 26.0.0 | Patch available | GHSA-2mj3-vfvx-fc43 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/moby/moby (Go) Vendor— Affected before 26.0.0 Fixed in 26.0.0 Patch available GHSA-2mj3-vfvx-fc43
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:moby:25.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 25.0.5 | Vulnerable | Mobyproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:moby:25.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 25.0.5 Vulnerable ·Mobyproject
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-2mj3-vfvx-fc43 github.com/moby/moby (Go) Fixed in 26.0.0 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 5
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 6
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 7
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-36621
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2mj3-vfvx-fc43
- 2026-10-31 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Advisory 3
More Mobyproject Moby vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-13346 moby/moby's dockerd daemon encrypted overlay network may be unauthenticated CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2024-24355 moby through v25.0.3 has a Race Condition vulnerability in the streamformatter package… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2024-19200 External DNS requests from 'internal' networks could lead to data exfiltration CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-09052 An issue was discovered in Docker Moby before 17.06.0. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-16178 Moby classic builder cache poisoning CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-13348 moby/moby's dockerd daemon encrypted overlay network with a single endpoint is unauthenticated CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-36621 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-36621 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2mj3-vfvx-fc43 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-36621 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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